[ltp] USB failure: fix

M. Leo Cooper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:38:03 -0700 (MST)


FC3 (2.6.9): TP770Z

Sometimes the HAL daemon, hald, unexpectedly dies. When this happens,
plugging in a USB device and attempting to mount it gives you a "/dev/sda1
not found" error.

The fix is absurdly simple. Just type  hald  at the command line in
an xterm.

A real fix would probably involve a kernel patch. Ah, well, hopefully
this is fixed in 2.6.10+.